# US 2019/0172326 A1 · Systems and methods to generate haptic feedback for skin-mediated interactions

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- Number: US 2019/0172326 A1
- Document ID: US20190172326A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/207,331
- Filed: 2018-12-03
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2014-07-15
- Assignees: Immersion Corporation
- Applicants: Immersion Corporation
- Inventors: Vincent LEVESQUE; Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190172326A1

## CPC

- G08B 6/00: Tactile signalling systems, e.g. tactile personal calling systems
- G06F 3/011: {Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00)}
- G06F 3/016: {Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user}
- G06F 3/03547: {Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface}
- G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
- G06F 3/04886: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
- A61N 1/0452: {Specially adapted for transcutaneous muscle stimulation [TMS]}
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B)

## Abstract

A system includes a sensor configured to sense an input at a skin surface, a processor configured to receive an output signal from the sensor and generate a haptic control signal based on the output signal, and a haptic output device configured to generate a haptic effect based on the haptic control signal.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system comprising:
a sensor configured to be in contact with a skin surface and to sense a touch input at the skin surface;
a processor configured to receive an output signal from the sensor and to generate a haptic control signal based on the output signal; and
a haptic output device configured to generate a haptic effect based on the haptic control signal, the haptic effect being related to the touch input sensed by the sensor at the skin surface.